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Integrating Omics in Food Quality and Safety Assessment

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A concise overview is provided on the use, and potential for further development of omics approaches in crop improvement, food safety assessment, and in nutrigenomics research with specific emphasis on crop plant-based dietary components.

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Davies, H., Shepherd, L. (2012). Integrating Omics in Food Quality and Safety Assessment. In: Agrawal, G., Rakwal, R. (eds) Seed Development: OMICS Technologies toward Improvement of Seed Quality and Crop Yield. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4749-4_26

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